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Eastern Illinois Panthers at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Eastern Illinois Panthers
7-15, 2-9 Away
Final
74 - 78
Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
13-9, 9-1 Home

Simmons leads Southern Indiana past Eastern Illinois 78-74

Simmons shot 6 for 12 (6 for 10 from 3-point range) and 3 of 6 from the free throw line for the Screaming Eagles (13-9, 6-3 Ohio Valley Conference). Jacob Polakovich added 20 points while going 8 of 19 and 4 of 9 from the free throw line, and they also had 24 rebounds. Isaiah Swope recorded 11 points and shot 4 for 11, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc.

Cameron Haffner led the way for the Panthers (7-15, 3-6) with 17 points. Yaakema Rose Jr. added 14 points for Eastern Illinois. Nick Ellington also had 11 points and six rebounds.

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These two teams both play Saturday. Southern Indiana visits UT Martin while Eastern Illinois hosts Southeast Missouri State.

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2nd 0:00 End of Game 74 - 78
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 72 - 77
2nd 0:01 Jelani Simmons made Free Throw. 74 - 78
2nd 0:01 Southern Indiana Deadball Team Rebound. 74 - 77
2nd 0:01 Jelani Simmons missed Free Throw. 74 - 77

Statistics

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30-63 FG 27-69
48 Field Goal % 39
7-16 3PT 12-24
44 Three Point % 50
7-15 FT 12-26
47 Free Throw % 46
39 Rebounds 47
10 Offensive Rebounds 19
29 Defensive Rebounds 28
10 Assists 11
3 Steals 3
6 Blocks 2
7 Turnovers 5
0 Team Turnovers 0
7 Total Turnovers 5
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 8
7 Fast Break Points 10
36 Points in Paint 28
24 Fouls 14
0 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

Venue: Liberty Arena (IN)

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 2,136 | Capacity:

2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Tennessee State 15-5 - 23-10
Morehead State 15-5 - 20-13
Southeast Missouri State 14-6 1 20-13
UT Martin 13-7 2 22-11
SIU Edwardsville 12-8 3 19-13
Lindenwood 11-9 4 18-15
Little Rock 9-11 6 12-20
Tennessee Tech 8-12 7 13-18
Eastern Illinois 8-12 7 13-20
Southern Indiana 4-16 11 7-23
Western Illinois 1-19 14 5-26
Full Standings